Nine points now separate the top after City had been held 1-1 at St. Mary's and Liverpool beat Crystal Palace three-1, however Jurgen Klopp's men have a sport in hand and nonetheless should travel to stand the champions in April.
Manchester United had been the large winners inside the combat to qualify for subsequent season's Champions League as they climbed into fourth thanks to a remaining-gasp 1-0 win over West Ham, even as Tottenham and Arsenal dropped points.
The battle at the bottom is likewise heating up as victories for Norwich and Newcastle piled the stress on Everton to get the appointment in their subsequent everlasting manager right.
AFP Sport looks at 3 speaking points from the Premier League weekend.
Hakim Ziyech's mood summed up a tough month for Chelsea as he refused to rejoice his intention in a 1-1 draw at Brighton on Tuesday after an on-subject row with Romelu Lukaku.
Ziyech has persevered a hard time seeing that signing from Ajax in 2020 and became omitted of Morocco's squad for January's African Cup of Nations.
But he lifted his side out of a hunch with a excellent left-footed roller into the pinnacle nook to open the scoring in Sunday's 2-zero win over Tottenham to steady just a 2d win in 8 league video games for Thomas Tuchel's men.
This time Ziyech pointed to the skies in pride before being mobbed through his jubilant crew-pals after a goal that brought the feelgood component lower back to the Bridge.
Tottenham's defeat rounded off the precise weekend for United as they moved into the pinnacle four.
